 Hey Gems welcome back to my channel so as you can see my surrounding is different and that's because I am not in my house back in Florida. I am back home in the Virgin Islands. I've been here for about a week now. I had to make the trip back home because I needed a break. I need to take care of myself and I need to be around family and friends that can help me throughout the remainder of my pregnancy so this is where I'll be until further notice. I decided that I should be productive today. Like I said in probably my last video I want to start uploading more often again so now that I've had some time to rest and catch myself I want to get the ball rolling on that again. One of the things that I want to start doing again on my channel is filming DIY videos. If you don't know I do make and sell my own natural skincare products. However there are a lot of simple DIY things that I do on the side just for my household and I want to start filming and sharing that with people who would like to try doing it themselves because you know some people prefer to try and do things themselves versus buying it and I want to give you guys both options to purchase or to make yourself. So in today's video it's going to be very simple. All I'm using is aloe vera leaf and I am making aloe vera gel. The good thing about being home is that I can find aloe leaf right in my grandmother yard. There's a couple aloe plants right out here in my grandmother yard and I'm just going to cut off about one or two leaves and take it in the kitchen to get started. I need a knife though so I'm going to cut it off and then I'll be back. If you don't have a aloe plant or access to a aloe plant you can find fresh aloe leaves at probably your local Whole Foods or a farmer's market or something. Today we're using the fresh aloe leaves and this video is going to be simple and quick and easy to follow. I also want to mix some aloe oil but I'm going to do that in a separate video because that process is a little longer and I also need to get the carrier oil that I want to use so I would have it in my house in Florida but I don't have it here so I would have to go and buy some in order to make that video so stay tuned for that. I have a pregnancy update coming soon so stay tuned for that but today we're focusing on the DIY. Okay so I have my two leaves of aloe here and I'm just going to start prepping it so I can take out the inner part of the leaf so you don't want to blend up the skin. You can take a spoon and just scrape it out you can try and cut it out you can even try and just peel the skin from around the gel in the middle but I find this way to be easier for me so it doesn't matter how you get out the middle just get it out. So how I'm going to take out the middle is by like cutting the inside so I'm not piercing through the skin I'm literally just cutting the inner gel and I'm just gonna scoop out the middle so cutting it first to me makes it easier to scoop out the middle. Okay so now all I'm gonna do is blend this up with my immersion blender. Okay so when you're done it's gonna look all foamy like this and it's okay because everything is gonna settle again. You could wait until it's settled before you strain it or you can just go ahead and strain it is up to you. So now what you want to do is get a stocking cap. I think you should be able to also use like a cheesecloth or one of those clean baby diapers diaper clots but the point is you want something with very fine holes so that you can strain it well. You don't want to use a regular strainer because I don't think that would work. In fact it wouldn't because I've tried it that way before. So try and get a stocking cap whether it's one you have in your home or if you have to buy a new one. The point of DIYs is that you can use what you have because it's for yourself. It's about it. So now I'm gonna just leave this here and let it settle to get rid of all the foam and then I'll show you guys what I'm left with. Let me show you what it is exactly you're straining out. So this is what you're straining out. All those little bits and pieces. If you were to not strain it and use this in your hair you would have a hard time getting out all those little bits and pieces out of your hair strand. So that's the purpose of straining it. Straining it. So this is my favorite. This is my finished product of the aloe vera gel that I was making. I just put it in this small squeeze bottle because I want to be able to stir it in the fridge so that it stays nice and fresh until it's finished. And that is also why I make such a little bit at a time because I don't want it to go bad before I'm able to finish it. And a little goes a long way so this lasts long enough. I'll say it could last me the entire week or longer if I'm using it every day which I usually do. I use it in my sons hair. I use it in my hair. You can use it on your skin to soothe like itchy eczema breakouts. You can use it on your baby bump. You can use aloe vera gel for so much things and it's something so simple to make versus going to the store and buying it. I want to show you guys how I use it in my sons hair but he's not here yet so later when he comes home if I haven't edit this video yet I'm gonna insert a clip of how I use it in his hair. So his hair looked very dry because I washed it the other day. I put it in these bit twists but I've started to put the aloe in it and just look at the difference. See how shiny and moisturized these twists look compared to this. This video is something very quick and simple that I wanted to share with you guys that I personally use on a daily basis. Stay tuned for my next video which should be my pregnancy update and a little bit more detail on how my pregnancy is going and my plans for my birth and all of that. So yeah stay tuned make sure you hit that subscribe button and thank you for your love and support. I wish everyone love life and prosperity and you guys will see me in my next one. Peace.